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PART 1

IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 2009/16/EC

Initial inspections and more detailed inspections

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in carrying out an inspection of a ship the inspector must as a minimum carry out an initial inspection.

(2) If—

(a)after an inspection complying with Article 13.1 of the Directive has been carried out in any Member State, deficiencies to be rectified in the ship’s next port of call have been recorded in the inspection database; and

(b)that next port of call is in the United Kingdom;

the inspector must, if carrying out an inspection of that ship, as a minimum comply with the requirements of Article 13.1(b).

(3) A more detailed inspection must be carried out when there are clear grounds for believing, after an initial inspection, that the condition of a ship or of its equipment or crew does not substantially meet the relevant requirements of a Convention.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) and regulation 6(3)—

(a)clear grounds exist when the inspector finds evidence which in the inspector’s professional judgement warrants a more detailed inspection of the ship, its equipment or its crew; and

(b)examples of clear grounds are set out in Annex V to the Directive.